The Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday released photos of three individuals suspected of being involved in the fatal shooting of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor in May. The grainy photos released by LAPD on Sunday show three individuals wearing hooded sweatshirts, and police indicated the man who fired the weapon has a tattoo above his … Read more
PARIS – Wyatt Sanford ended one streak and continued another on Day 9 of the Paris Olympics. The boxer from Kennetcook, N.S., was defeated in his 63.5-kilogram semifinal bout against France’s Sofiane Oumiha on Sunday. However, with boxing awarding two bronze medals to the semifinal losers rather than stage a fight for … Read more
Caracas, Venezuela – Voices across the globe expressed concern Sunday over the growing number of arrests in Venezuela following last weekend’s disputed elections. Pope Francis said Venezuela is “living a critical situation” in his traditional Sunday remarks at the Vatican, adding, “I appeal to all parties to seek the truth, to avoid all … Read more
OTTAWA – The Liberals are labelling federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre “weird” in a new line of attack borrowed from the United States Democrats. Several Liberal MPs, including one cabinet minister, have used the word to describe Poilievre on social media in recent days. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined in, … Read more
Summer and fall are popular times for weddings, and these celebrations can stir up a lot of drama. “Weddings, in a lot of ways, bring out the worst in people,” said Sherry Kuehl, an advice columnist with The Kansas City Star. “It’s a lot of money,” said Kuehl, who receives many questions … Read more
London, England – Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right rioters Sunday who were seeking to break into a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers, as the latest bout of rioting following a stabbing rampage at a dance class last week that left … Read more
HALIFAX – Funeral directors across the country are warning grieving families about a trend of third-party websites republishing obituaries for profit. Jim Bishop, the funeral director for Bishop’s Funeral Home in Fredericton, said he’s noticed an increase in grieving people who use his services complaining of altered death notices — sometimes with erroneous … Read more
A 5-year-old boy died and another child was injured when a bounce house they were inside went airborne during a baseball game in Maryland on Friday night, authorities said. The bounce house flew onto the playing field at Regency Furniture Stadium, in Waldorf, as the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball team was playing, … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel – Israeli strikes early Sunday killed 18 people in Gaza, including four who were sheltering in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians inside a hospital complex, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb. Tensions have soared following nearly 10 months … Read more
TIARET, Algeria – The father of Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer at the centre of an Olympic row over whether athletes with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) should compete as women, said she had honoured his family, calling attacks against her immoral. Khelif failed a gender eligibility test at the International Boxing Association … Read more
